My response to posts in The Dream Garden at Gaia in a thread highlighting the fact that many people seem to have similar recurring dreams when they are young:

In the case of most animals the territorial instinct is confined to the physical environment whereas in humans this instinct extends to the abstract in that, in the moul, the “mental territory” of the ‘I’ exists. Hence, we find feelings to do with ‘invasion of my space’ – that is, feelings of possession or attachment.

This is another example of an animal instinct manifesting as an aspect of the moul; an acquisition of the Spirit when it “entered” the physical world.

In essence, Spirit is without attachments and therefore without this animal instinct.

Civilizations rise and fall. They have done throughout history and prehistory. Irrespective of the quality of the moral imperatives that create any one civilization they have, over time, succumbed to the weaknesses inherent in us that have created moral decay. Greed and power accrue to the minority and these grow until absolute power corrupts absolutely. As is the case today those in power, and this does not necessarily mean those in political power who may think they are in control, are increasingly acting, consciously or unconsciously, to enhance their power and feed their greed by exploiting the majority, the planet Earth and its environment. Although love, in one form or another, is sometimes mentioned it is a platitude uttered as a cover for the true urges of the individual or the organization uttering it.

When money is god morality flies out of the window. One has only to observe how money has taken over just about every aspect of life, and is continuing to do so, and the extent that it is revered at the expense of everything positive, to be aware of the state of the collective consciousness at the present time. Not only has money taken over as the primary force in commerce but it has done so in the character building activity of sport, where it is destroying the character of many, but is getting a stronger and stronger hold on knowledge as imparted in educational institutions and as acquired by science. The imparting and/or the acquisition of knowledge is being progressively subverted by money as the means to greater profit.

When this crescendo reaches its peak and the spiritual balance underpinning the civilization tips there will be total collapse, just as a wave in the ocean collapses into turmoil and eventually calm, only to re-form to go through the whole process again and again until the forces that create the imbalance cease to be. So, as in every aspect of this plane of matter there is creation and destruction or birth and death, but we need to remember that it is not others who have to return throughout this cycle, nor is it others who have been through this before, but ourselves, until we have learned the lessons to be learned from our failures.

In this evolving process the exploited are experiencing their karma and the exploiting creating theirs.

Non-attachment is that state of being where one is detached from something but where, at will, one can connect with it, assess one’s human feelings etcetera toward it, and then disconnect with it.

The human creations of the state of the economy and of the state of the environment are minor details compared to the state of the mentality or attitude of humans.

The Buddhist monk is detached from worldly life by living in a monastery and, when outside the monastery, walking with bowed head whilst focusing on walking, or doing other simple things whilst always focusing on the now. The lay person, to achieve such detachment from what is going on around them in the microcosm and the macrocosm, has to rely upon acquiring the awareness that the microcosm and the macrocosm are merely creations of the mind - virtual reality – and that it is the mentivity, or attitude, individual and collective, that counts.

This awareness brings the further awareness that “It is the thought that counts”. In other words it is the attitude of one that counts; the attitude of each moul and, therefore, the collective human psyche which, being the cause, is also the solution.

The Truth, the Reality, is constant; it is only one’s perception of it which may vary until one arrives at it.

Note – Below  are the opening paragraphs of Chapter 1 of The Milk Is White:

“The Truth, with reference to the purpose of human life on Earth, is like a pyramidal mountain. As we seek the truth we climb this mountain on all sides, on varying paths, with each path suiting our individual needs and this is not an easy trek because we are wearing lead soled boots and heavy clothing acquired in the past that we will gradually shed as we ascend. This trek is like one we would encounter in a tropical jungle which is full of clinging vines, protruding roots, is sometimes slippery underfoot, and has gullies and cliffs we can fall down, as well as beautiful birds, flowers and scenery. Often we have to hack our way through obstacles, toil up and down slopes and may suffer cuts, sprains, bruises and broken bones. At times we may have to stop to rest or we may feel like giving up.

 Along the way there are many springs for us to quench our thirst for knowledge and all are from the same source within the mountain. As we climb we experience the Truth from our peculiar standpoint at the time. However, since there can be only one ultimate truth, when we reach the top we all come to the same pinnacle of knowledge and state of being.”